Tetradrachm - Dionysius I

€408,174.00
IssuerSyracuse
Year405 BC - 400 BC
TypeStandard circulation coin
ValueTetradrachm (20)
CurrencyLitra
CompositionSilver
Weight17.09 g
Dimensions24.5 mm
Thickness
Shape and TechniqueRound (irregular)
Hammered
OrientationVariable alignment ↺
Engraver(s)
In circulation to
Reference(s) AMB Basel#471, BostonMFA#415, Gulbenkian#288
Obverse descriptionCharioteer, holding the reins with both hands and a kentron in his right, driving a quadriga rushing to left, about to turn, the head of the second horse from the left turned back to right and with a loose and dangling rein; above, Nike flying right to crown the driver; below the hind hooves of the near horse, a lost chariot wheel; in the exergue, grain ear to left.
Obverse script
Obverse lettering
Reverse descriptionHead of Arethusa to left, wearing ampyx and sphendone with a zig-zag pattern lower border, a double-hook earring and a simple necklace with four pearls; in the field to left, two dolphins swimming downwards to right; behind Arethusa`s head to right, two dolphins swimming downwards, the upper turned outwards and the lower inwards.
Reverse scriptGreek
Reverse letteringΣΥΡΑΚΟΣΙ-Ω-Ν
Edge
Mint
MintageND (405 BC - 400 BC)  - -
Catalog ID8094402880
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